HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

THE TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2005

COMMITTEE ON LABOR AND PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT

Rep. Kirk Caldwell, Chair

Rep. Bob Nakasone, Vice Chair

Rep. Pono Chong

Rep. Joseph M. Souki

Rep. Ken Ito

Rep. Galen Fox

Rep. Marcus R. Oshiro

Rep. Colleen Rose Meyer

Rep. Maile S.L. Shimabukuro

NOTICE OF HEARING

DATE:

Tuesday, February 1, 2005

TIME:

9:00 AM

PLACE:

Conference Room 309

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

A G E N D A

HB 232

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

Prohibits the unlawful employment practice of subjecting an employee to an abusive work environment. Provides a legal recourse for employees who have been psychologically, physically, or economically harmed by being deliberately subjected to abusive work environments.

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB 325

RELATING TO EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.

Allows an employee to use for family leave purposes, Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI) sick leave benefits in excess of minimum statutory TDI benefit requirements.

LAB, FIN

HB 629

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Allows the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System to settle or compromise claims or potential claims by members who detrimentally rely on erroneous information provided.

LAB, JUD, FIN

HB 631

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Clarifies and corrects existing language, conforms statutes to current practices and includes language previously omitted form prior legislation.

LAB, HED, FIN

HB 632

RELATING TO THE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.

Allows the Board of Trustees of the Employees' Retirement System to include the post retirement allowance as an actuarial assumption in determining the actuarial equivalency of benefit optioins to the maximum allowance.

LAB, FIN

     

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Rep. Kirk Caldwell

Chair